Tag: Pier Paolo Pandolfi

  • Nation & World

    Broccoli and Brussels sprouts: Cancer foes

    Broccoli, Brussels sprouts and other cruciferous vegetables have long been thought to be good for you, new research finds a mechanism for its cancer-fighting abilities and points the way to a new anti-cancer drug.

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    researcher in the lab
  • Nation & World

    Fresh ways to fight cancer

    Cancer patients have new weapons on their side, provided by targeted drug therapy and, more recently, immune therapy. Now, the recent discovery of large numbers of noncoding RNA that are active in disease provides a new opportunity to both understand and fight cancer, according to Pier Paolo Pandolfi, professor at Harvard Medical School and director…

    10 minutes
  • Nation & World

    BIDMC’s Pandolfi to receive cancer research award

    Cancer geneticist Pier Paolo Pandolfi at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is the recipient of the 2011 Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research.

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